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as in weaseling
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter
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as in housing
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
the prison was hedged by a high stone wall
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Recent Examples of hedging
Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026
Airlines with stronger margin buffers, better fuel hedging, and lower direct operational exposure to the Middle East are among those expected to best weather the looming travel turmoil, Loredana Muharremi, equity analyst at Morningstar, wrote in a note on Wednesday.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Palencia made such an impression during last year’s playoffs that Counsell confirmed at the start of spring training that the hard-throwing reliever would be the Opening Day closer, a departure from the manager’s usual hedging.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The hedging vocabulary is your diagnostic.
—Jason Barnard, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2026
Big carriers often run more fuel-efficient trucks than small operators and have sophisticated fuel hedging strategies.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Approaches such as momentum trading, mean reversion, and hedging can be applied.
—Felysha Walker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Once the contracts roll off, the mechanical buying and selling tied to hedging will fade, potentially leaving Bitcoin more exposed to external catalysts.
—Sidhartha Shukla, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
The war will almost certainly accelerate a trend toward strategic hedging that was already underway, with countries turning to China, Russia, and Europe for certain types of arms and partnerships, while deepening their reliance on Washington for others.
—Frederic Wehrey, Time, 24 Mar. 2026
Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
The budget airline is hedging 70% of its summer fuel, with the price locked in at $706 per metric ton of jet fuel.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Both players held personal reasons to come to Chicago, but neither would have bought in without faith that the Sky were committed to winning immediately rather than hedging their bets on the long term.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Many are hedging, delaying, or turning back altogether.
—Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Airports typically store just a few days’ worth of jet fuel, and airlines largely stopped hedging and storing their own fuel in recent years.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
At the same time, Delta appears to be hedging its bets.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Google is hedging its bets on quantum.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
The petrostates hedging both sides For Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, this crisis is a warning dressed as a windfall.
—Ezgi Canpolat, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Dominic Volek, group head at Henley & Partners, frames the trend as one of rebalancing and hedging jurisdictional exposure.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
Combine fencing with hedging to create a privacy wall around an area such as a hot tub.
—Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026
Airlines with stronger margin buffers, better fuel hedging, and lower direct operational exposure to the Middle East are among those expected to best weather the looming travel turmoil, Loredana Muharremi, equity analyst at Morningstar, wrote in a note on Wednesday.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Palencia made such an impression during last year’s playoffs that Counsell confirmed at the start of spring training that the hard-throwing reliever would be the Opening Day closer, a departure from the manager’s usual hedging.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The hedging vocabulary is your diagnostic.
—Jason Barnard, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2026
Big carriers often run more fuel-efficient trucks than small operators and have sophisticated fuel hedging strategies.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Approaches such as momentum trading, mean reversion, and hedging can be applied.
—Felysha Walker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Once the contracts roll off, the mechanical buying and selling tied to hedging will fade, potentially leaving Bitcoin more exposed to external catalysts.
—Sidhartha Shukla, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
The war will almost certainly accelerate a trend toward strategic hedging that was already underway, with countries turning to China, Russia, and Europe for certain types of arms and partnerships, while deepening their reliance on Washington for others.
—Frederic Wehrey, Time, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
Others are hedging their bets that the infrastructure will attract the tenant.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
The budget airline is hedging 70% of its summer fuel, with the price locked in at $706 per metric ton of jet fuel.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Both players held personal reasons to come to Chicago, but neither would have bought in without faith that the Sky were committed to winning immediately rather than hedging their bets on the long term.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Many are hedging, delaying, or turning back altogether.
—Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Airports typically store just a few days’ worth of jet fuel, and airlines largely stopped hedging and storing their own fuel in recent years.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
At the same time, Delta appears to be hedging its bets.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Google is hedging its bets on quantum.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
The petrostates hedging both sides For Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, this crisis is a warning dressed as a windfall.
—Ezgi Canpolat, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedging
Adjective
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Even the song’s big moment—the climactic return—is muted and tentative here, as what should be the triumphant riff stalls out before its final note.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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The city council, meeting as the HRA, will likely vote on tentative developer status for the two developers on May 6.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Often, this is based on an accusation of fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Through a complaint drafted by Gary DeVito and other attorneys from Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy, Bohm accuses them of fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and related claims.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The proposal would require relocation of about 330 current residents in treatment programs while the four buildings housing those programs were being renovated — with no indication where they would be temporarily housed or for how long.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Though our agency's structure is changing, the monumental impact of their work—housing nearly 80,000 people over three years—speaks for itself.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Something that felt uncertain now becomes obvious.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Whether there's enough support to pass such a measure is uncertain.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In this new work, advanced fabrication was used to create a 3D mesh of microscopic metal wires and electrodes.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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SpaceX mention on call During the call, CEO Elon Musk talked about the mechanics of operations between his various companies, specifically regarding the buildout of his semiconductor fabrication project, Terafab.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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On Thursday night, after shaking off a deal that was short-circuited by another team, the Ravens would make a pick (Penn State guard Vega Ioane) that symbolically spoke to the franchise’s core values.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Backstage, everyone was crying and shaking, Pearlman says.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Around a pair of chairs or a bistro table, this layered approach creates the sense of a garden enclosing the seating, not simply decorating it.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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The plan would require enclosing an irrigation canal.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Reporting meant hours of conversation in the car; room for asking the same questions over and over; the gradual diminishment of one’s embarrassment about being ignorant or uncertain; a dilatory attitude of quiet listening and watching; the possibility of misunderstandings resolved.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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He can’t be blamed for the agency’s dilatory response to problems at the plant.—
The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
25 May 2022
Cite this Entry
“Hedging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedging. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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